What’s that smell? Dump your trash woes on us!

A week-old lockout of nearly 500 garbage truck drivers in the East Bay has residents of Oakland, Emeryville, Castro Valley, Hayward, Albany, Newark and parts of San Lorenzo and San Leandro holding their noses as trash, recycling and compost ripen on their streets.

It’s a heck of a time for a lockout, with bins overflowing with leftover Fourth of July vittles.

We want you to report from the stenches — how bad is it in your neighborhood? And are you finding other ways to dispose of your garbage? (P.S. Watch out, Oakland is stepping up enforcement on illegal dumping.)

By the way, our reporters offer this advice:

Waste Management’s (Monica) Devincenzi said temporary drivers will pick up trash that has accumulated during the lockout on customers’ regular pickup days. If the lockout continues through the weekend, Devincenzi said customers may take their garbage and yard waste to Waste Management’s transfer station at 2615 Davis St. in San Leandro at no charge.

Free drop-off is limited to 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Trash must be delivered in 32-gallon bags and residents must provide valid identification and a current utility bill.

Meanwhile, folks in San Francisco are dealing with their own trash woes, with Mayor Gavin Newsom removing garbage cans from city streets because — get this — they were collecting too much trash.